30/07/2026
200+ students. Real AI challenges. One shared goal: building Madagascarโs AI talent ecosystem.
Last Saturday in Antananarivo, IngeData co-organised ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ alongside Orange Digital Center Madagascar, bringing together students, educators, researchers, and industry partners around Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
Not just a conference. A hands-on experience.
Through an Ideathon, student teams worked alongside mentors to build AI-driven solutions to real business challenges proposed by STEP UP DIGITAL - MADA, ANSWERS Madagascar, ARONA, and IngeData.
Congratulations to the winning teams for their innovative AI solutions, including the Step Up Brain platform from Orange Digital Center Madagascar and the personalised newsletter solution from Ecole Nationale d'Informatique (ENI) Fianarantsoa.
A special thank you to Orange Digital Center Madagascar for co-organising this initiative, to STEP UP DIGITAL - MADA, ANSWERS Madagascar, and ARONA for contributing real-world challenges.
Our deepest gratitude to Pr Benjamin Renoust, from The University of Osaka and Median Technologies, for his talk on Data Science in healthcare, and to Dr Herimampita RARIVOMANANTSOA, Ph.D, holder of the UNESCO Chair on Bioethics, for his keynote on Ethics in AI.
Thank you to all participating students from Orange Digital Center Madagascar, Ecole ESTI, Ecole Nationale d'Informatique (ENI) Fianarantsoa, Institut National Supรฉrieur d'Informatique, Mention Informatique et Technologie, Ecole de Management et d'Innovation Technologique - EMIT, Haute รcole d'Informatique - HEI, University of Antananarivo and SESAM for bringing their creativity and enthusiasm to the event.
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